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Banner image for Lessons Learned From Troubleshooting GeoIp Results in Sitecore article

We're closing in on the final phases of a Sitecore upgrade, which leverages GeoIp for CTAs and branding throughout the site including the global navigation. Invariably, we get reports from the testing team of inaccurate results. Today I'll walk through the validation and tricks I've used when I need to support someone without being at their same location.

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Banner image for Like All of Us, RenderingContext Is Changing, So Better Watch Out article

I'm going through a number of Sitecore upgrades this year, and for the most part there have been no gotchas in our coding. This week one of our team members came across a RenderingContext issue that will be sure to catch some teams off guard.  

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Banner image for A System's Default Regional Iso Code and the Trouble of Parsing Different Date Formats article

I recently migrated a project to a new environment, only to find that rendering a date field was inconsistently working. Not Sitecore's fault, but I've never seen this before, and I know as a seasoned developer I should have all (ok most) of the answers. It's a good catch and I wanted to share.

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Banner image for How to Resolve SQL Connection Errors During Sitecore Installation Due to Non-verifiable Certificates article

The Sitecore installation process has come a long way since the introduction of SIF. It has been flawless under countless runs, but I was recently tripped up due to a SQL connection error. In this post I'll explain the cause, resolution, and some steps to make your  next try of the installation easier. 

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Banner image for A Guided Tour of the Exclude Robot by Agent Module article

I've had a deluge of requests for a walkthrough of my latest module and the way it can help with excessive garbage data in the xDB. In this video I'll introduce the xDB to non-developers, talk about identifying the cyber attack, and how we can ignore/not capture the false traffic to your site.

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